A Conversation about the MMPI with Yossef Ben-Porath and Auke Tellegen

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The University of Minnesota Press invited MMPI-2-RF co-authors Tellegen and Ben-Porath to have a videotaped "conversation" about the test in the context of the development of all the MMPI instruments. Beginning with the original MMPI, authors Tellegen and Ben-Porath discuss the rationale for developing the tests and describe the major features of each. Informal professional biographies of Auke Tellegen and Starke Hathaway, whom author Tellegen knew well, are offered through lively anecdote by Professor Tellegen. The authors conclude their conversation by looking to the future of the MMPI and personality assessment, in general.

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Part 1: Introduction and Auke Tellegen’s Background
(University of Minnesota Press, 2016) Ben-Porath, Yossef S.; Tellegen, Auke
In "A Conversation about the MMPI with Yossef Ben-Porath and Auke Tellegen" part one (of seven), MMPI authors Ben-Porath and Tellegen introduce the video conversation by discussing their experience with the test – for Dr. Tellegen approximately 60 years and for Dr. Ben-Porath, 30 years – focusing on their work to modernize the test and commenting on the future of the test and personality assessment more generally.
Part 2: Starke Hathaway: Author of the Original MMPI
(University of Minnesota Press, 2016) Ben-Porath, Yossef S.; Tellegen, Auke
In "A Conversation about the MMPI with Yossef Ben-Porath and Auke Tellegen" part two (of seven), authors Ben-Porath and Tellegen discuss original MMPI author Starke Hathaway's work with the test over the years and his hopes for modernizing it, as well as his pioneering vision and many talents in psychology and cognitive behavioral therapy.
Part 3: Restandardizing the MMPI
(University of Minnesota Press, 2016) Ben-Porath, Yossef S.; Tellegen, Auke
In "A Conversation about the MMPI with Yossef Ben-Porath and Auke Tellegen" part three (of seven), authors Ben-Porath and Tellegen discuss the restandardization of the original MMPI that resulted in publication of the MMPI-2 in 1989. Members of the Restandardization Committee were: James N. Butcher, W. Grant Dahlstrom, John R. Graham, and Auke Tellegen.
Part 4: The Clinical Scales and Restructured Clinical (RC) Scales
(University of Minnesota Press, 2016) Ben-Porath, Yossef S.; Tellegen, Auke
In "A Conversation about the MMPI with Yossef Ben-Porath and Auke Tellegen" part four (of seven), authors Ben-Porath and Tellegen discuss the restructuring of the original Clinical Scales by Dr. Tellegen. Dr. Ben-Porath joined Dr. Tellegen in finalizing the RC Scales, which were published in a monograph in 2003; The RC Scales are the core of the MMPI-2-RF, which was released in 2008.
Part 5: MMPI-2-RF Development
(University of Minnesota Press, 2016) Ben-Porath, Yossef S.; Tellegen, Auke
In "A Conversation about the MMPI with Yossef Ben-Porath and Auke Tellegen" part five (of seven), authors Ben-Porath and Tellegen discuss the rationale for developing the test, which was to represent the clinically significant substance of the MMPI-2 item pool with a comprehensive set of psychometrically up-to-date measures. They also discuss key features of the test, including the three-tiered hierarchical structure.
Part 6: Further Development of the MMPI Instruments
(University of Minnesota Press, 2016) Ben-Porath, Yossef S.; Tellegen, Auke
In "A Conversation about the MMPI with Yossef Ben-Porath and Auke Tellegen" part six (of seven), authors Ben-Porath and Tellegen discuss the future of the MMPI, noting the potential for additional scale development and modernization of item content. The latest published version of the test is the MMPI-A-RF for adolescents. Co-authors with Drs. Ben-Porath and Tellegen are Robert Archer and Richard Handel of Eastern Virginia Medical School. The next version of the test for adults will include a newly collected normative sample.
Part 7: A Test of Normal Personality (MPQ) and the MMPI-2-RF
(University of Minnesota Press, 2016) Ben-Porath, Yossef S.; Tellegen, Auke
In "A Conversation about the MMPI with Yossef Ben-Porath and Auke Tellegen" part seven (of seven), the authors discuss Tellegen's test of normal personality, the Multidimensional Personality Questionnaire (MPQ). Normal-range personality inventories like the MPQ are designed to capture healthy functioning, complimenting clinical instruments like the MMPI. The MPQ is currently being used in the screening of law-enforcement officer candidates. The Absorption Scale of the MPQ, developed to assess hypnotic susceptibility, is the subject of a broad range of research.